В доме, в саду, в людской и кухне люди ходили из угла в угол и, почёсывая лбы, искали фамилию…
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In the house, in the garden, in the servants’ hall and in the kitchen, people walked from corner to corner and, scratching their foreheads, searched for the surname…
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И в доме, все наперерыв, стали изобретать фамилии. And in the house everyone, vying with one another, set about inventing surnames.
Перебрали все возрасты, полы и породы лошадей, вспомнили гриву, копыта, сбрую… They went through every age, sex and breed of horse; they called to mind the mane, the hooves, the harness…
The words in this sentence
- в
- in, into
- до́ме
- house (prep sg) — дом
- саду́
- garden (prep/dat sg) — сад
- людско́й
- servants' hall, servants' quarters (n., f.) — людская
- и
- and; also, even
- ку́хне
- kitchen (dat/prep sg of кухня) — кухня
- лю́ди
- people (nom pl) — человек
- ходи́ли
- walked, went (past pl) — ходить
- из
- from, out of (+ gen)
- угла́
- corner (gen sg of у́гол) — угол
- у́гол
- corner
- почёсывая
- scratching (gerund of почёсывать) — почёсывать
- лбы
- foreheads (nom/acc pl) — лоб
- иска́ли
- they searched, looked for (past pl of искать) — искать
- фами́лию
- surname/family (acc sg) — фамилия
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